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Juul lawsuit reignites conversation on teens vaping
On February 12, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey joined the fight against the vape epidemic as she filed a lawsuit…
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“A voice that brought togetherness”: Past and present African American…
Although Hope College is 677 miles and a far cry from Washington, D.C., both the nation’s capital and our college…
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Turtle takeover! Household pets pose serious threats
Turtles are infesting urban parks. They were not invited, yet they found their way. The red-eared slider is located primarily…
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Juul lawsuit reignites conversation on teens vaping
On February 12, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey joined the fight against the vape epidemic as she filed a lawsuit against the e-cigarette company, Juul. She claims that Juul has specifically marketed their product towards underage youth, essentially getting them hooked on nicotine while still underage. Healey and her home state of Massachusetts is not…
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“A voice that brought togetherness”: Past and present African American women honored in D.C.
Although Hope College is 677 miles and a far cry from Washington, D.C., both the nation’s capital and our college campus are honoring the lives, legacies and contributions of black history-makers throughout the month of February. One such expression of this celebration took place at the National Portrait Gallery, where important figures in the fight…
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Turtle takeover! Household pets pose serious threats
Turtles are infesting urban parks. They were not invited, yet they found their way. The red-eared slider is located primarily in the Great Lakes Basin, although they are not native to it. According to the IUCN, the red-eared slider is one of the world’s hundred worst invasive species. While it inhabits much of the Upper…
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‘Doubt: A Parable’ highlights value in questioning
The play Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley aimed to leave audiences with mixed feelings as they walked out of the room. The play is set in 1964 at St. Nicholas Church School and centers on an accusation by one of the nuns teaching there that the head priest, Father Flynn, has been involved…
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Hope hockey: A not so controversial club sport
It’s commonly said that when sports spectators enter an ice rink to watch a fight, somehow, a hockey game breaks out. Unfortunately for Hope’s hockey team, a fight is not the most controversial part of their sport at the moment. Despite being a commonly advertised and wellfollowed team on Hope’s campus, the hockey team is…
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Alessia Mainardi’s mid-college gap-year travels
Alessia Mainardi (’21), an international student from Bologna, Italy, came to Hope College with the class of 2020 but chose to leave school after her sophomore year to pursue personal growth through travel. Many students choose to take gap years but often do so between schools—like between high school and college, or between undergraduate studies…
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The Academy needs to strive toward diversity
At the 92nd Oscars on February 9th, many spent their night celebrating the groundbreaking and record-breaking winners. South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho walked away with four Oscars for his film, “Parasite.” This makes it the first film in a language other than English to win Best Picture and Joon-Ho the first South Korean to win…
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Murder on the Royal Canal: A daughter’s grief
Detective Wright and I visited the Griffiths estate the day following the murder and visited privately with Claire Griffiths. The poor girl, still in quite a sorry state, controlled herself well and helped as much as she could. She and her late father had maintained a strong relationship, at times perhaps too strong. Claire had…
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Celebrating champions of black history
As January came to a close and we entered the first Black History Month of the new decade, it felt right to give tribute to some of the greatest leaders in the fight for equal rights. To celebrate the month that recognizes what has been such a long and necessary fight in our nation, listed…
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Yes, we do need Black History Month
Oh, the great dilemma of Black History Month! I know there is a Hispanic Heritage Month and an Asian American Heritage Month, but when is White History Month? That is often the response of too many Americans to the question of why our nation (and several others) celebrate Black History Month. Some respond in that…